Could be called "Fear II: Civil Disservice". Woodward's narrative is more detail on a now-well-known picture. Lewis, who has my vote for current master of narrative nonfiction, does him one better - revealing the near-destruction of critical parts of the US civil service due to ignorance and disinterest…

Interviewing Ryan Holiday at Rakuten Optimism meant brushing up on my Stoics along with his more modern, but I daresay no more or less practical, books on growth hacking, marketing and media. (I actually read this in the lovely Penguin Great Ideas paper edition. Tell no one.)

The last of my English-Civil-War-Glorious-Revolution binge. It's good to remember that this isn't the first time that the UK has said "let's jump off a cliff and see what happens." Although it's been a while...

I spent enough time working in restaurants, front and back of house, to pick up the rough basics of a wine education: varietals, tasting notes, food pairing. But I knew enough to know there was a lot I didn't know. Wine knowledge is hidden knowledge, mysterious, acquired at great expense…